Tumour motion management in lung cancer: a narrative review KU Leuven
Respiratory motion is one of the geometrical uncertainties that may affect the accuracy of thoracic radiotherapy in the treatment of lung cancer. Accounting for tumour motion may allow reducing treatment volumes, irradiated healthy tissue and possibly toxicity, and finally enabling dose escalation. Historically, large population-based margins were used to encompass tumour motion. A paradigmatic change happened in the last decades led to the ...